# Find the one that doesn't belong **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 10, 2010, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888 "2010-05-10T07:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/1 "2010-05-10T07:09:28Z")
This thread was so successful that I’ve decided to post it again. Find the one item of the four that doesn’t have something in common with the other three. 1. a) Jughead b) Dilton c) Archie d) Reggie 2 a) The question, “Have you no sense of decency?” b) A digression to the Bible c) Constant interruptions for “points of order” d) Whispering by Roy Cohn 1. a) _The Magic Flute_ b) _Elvira Madigan_ c) _Fidelio_ d) _Don Giovanni_ 1. a) The shadow cast by the corner of the roof onto the columns b) The 13 courses of stone on the pyramid c) The numbers 3172 in the shrubbery d) The lettering on the fascia board around the building 1. a) Anthony DiNozzo b) Fin Tutuola c) Abigail Sciuto d) Dr. Donald Mallard 1. a) “The Glass Onion” b) “As Tears Go By” c) “Paperback Writer” d) “Mister Moonlight” 1. a) Chicken Cacciatore b) Spaghetti & Meatballs c) Fettuccine Alfredo d) Lasagna 1. a) _Travels with Charlie_ b) _Pet Sematary_ c) _Carrie_ d) _The Shining_ 1. a) His wife taught him to read and write. b) He spent a number of years as a circuit-riding lawyer. c) He apparently suffered from Marfan Syndrome. d) He left an estate of over $100,000. 1. a) Crescent wrench b) Basin wrench c) Phillips screwdriver d) Thickness gauge ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/2 "2010-05-10T14:40:49Z")
1. b) Fin Tutuola - Not a character on \*NCIS - 1. b) “As Tears Go By” - not a Beatles song (but neither is _The_ Glass Onion) 2. a) Chicken Cacciatore - No pasta in this dish 3. a) Travels with Charlie - Not a Stephen King novel 4. a) His wife taught him to read and write. - Doesn’t describe Abraham Lincoln ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/3 "2010-05-10T14:45:19Z")
1. c) Archie - the only redhead in the group. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/4 "2010-05-10T14:47:54Z")
I’ll take a shot at a few: 1. Dilton, who was a character in Archie comics, was not a member of The Archies band 1. a, c & d describe things on a $5, while b describes something on a $1 1. As Tears Go By was a Stones song, the rest were The Beatles 1. This one’s really a guess, but a thickness gauge is not traditionally used in plumbing, where the other tools are. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/5 "2010-05-10T14:48:16Z")
1. - b) Elvira Madigan - a tightrope walker, not an opera ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/6 "2010-05-10T14:50:30Z")
1. b) A digression to the Bible - not from the Joe McCarthy/HUAAC hearings of the '50s ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/7 "2010-05-10T14:51:53Z")
That should cover them all, no? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/8 "2010-05-10T14:59:04Z")
7 could also be: c) Fettuccine Alfredo - the only one that doesn’t use tomato sauce ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/9 "2010-05-10T16:28:21Z")
1. could be Jughead, as the others don’t wear hats, or they don’t have nicknames. 1. could also be Dilton, as the others don’t wear glasses. 1. could also be Reggie, as the others have last names that begin with the same letter as their first name. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/10 "2010-05-10T17:25:39Z")
I guess #10 could also be They all loosen/tighten things except for the thickness gauge, although I’m pretty sure I’ve removed screws with a gauge before. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/11 "2010-05-10T17:43:22Z")
:rolleyes: Ummm, don’t read anything between the spoiler tags…thanks. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/12 "2010-05-10T17:50:06Z")
My thought for #10 was The Phillips screwdriver doesn’t have any moving parts ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/13 "2010-05-10T19:01:37Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > My thought for #10 was > > The Phillips screwdriver doesn’t have any moving parts Typically no, but I have a couple of ratchet ones that do. Does that count? How about it’s much harder to kill someone with a thickness gauge than the other 3? ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/14 "2010-05-10T19:54:56Z")
“Not a Beatles song” seems too obvious for #6. My guess is “Mr. Moonlight,” as it’s the only song that is not an original composition by either The Beatles or The Stones. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/15 "2010-05-11T04:48:44Z")
1: Lucky 13 2: Postcards 4: Lost4life 5: Postcards 6: Lost4life 7: It’s Not Rocket Surgery! 8: Postcards 9: Postcards 3: _Fidelio_ by Beethoven; the others by Mozart. 10. Basin wrench used in plumbing’; the others in auto repair. 🙂 Ten more: 11. a) Maury Wills b) Ricky Henderson c) Tommy Harper d) David Cone 1. a) praseodyminum b) thulium c) boron d) dysprosium 1. a) bacon b) Lobster thermidor c) Braised beaver bottom d) Bagel and lox 1. a) Great Jones Street b) Rodeo Drive c) Avenue of the Americas d) Lafayette Street 1. a) “Snot! Snot! Snot!” b) “Let me just say this about all these impersonations…!” c) “Leave me alone–dammit!” d) Try…not to be absurd…" 1. a) civet b) ocelot c) peccary d) manx 1. a) Thurston Howell III b) Benton Battbarton c) Ralphie Towzer d) Solly Brass 1. a) Expands 9 percent when freezing b) Soaks up a tremendous amount of heat before boiling c) Sublimates into a violet vapor d) Given time, will disintegrate the toughest metal 1. a) Zinnia b) Rose c) Dahlia d) Gardenia 1. a) Grip lever b) Dashpot c) Wooden brake surfaces d) Clerestory ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/16 "2010-05-11T06:31:52Z")
#12 Boron is the only non-lanthanide. #14 Rodeo Drive is the only one not in New York. #16 Peccary is a pig…thing, the rest are loosely related to cats? #18 Iodine has all of those qualities except for the first? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/17 "2010-05-11T09:18:46Z")
1. Bagel and lox is the only kosher food? 2. Except for C, all qualities of water ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/18 "2010-05-11T10:43:31Z")
You know, not to be a party pooper, but some of your answers involve us figuring out what you’re thinking at the time. All the Archie answers pretty much fit, and how are a crescent wrench and Phillip’s used exclusively for auto repair? Oh, and **Postcards** answered #6 before me.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/19 "2010-05-11T12:22:32Z")
#16 Manx - adjective meaning “from the Isle of Mann”. Others are all animals (solely) #19 Rose - others are genus names ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/20 "2010-05-11T13:31:56Z")
1. a) Maury Wills b) Ricky Henderson c) Tommy Harper d) David Cone This is a way wild guess, but I think David Cone is the only pitcher of the group. I think he’s also the only white guy of the bunch. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888.md?page=2)